But she has now referred to this time as "the oversexualised days", which led to her covering up in baggy clothes to hide her body.

The star also battled with anorexia during the height of her pop career, and she admitted she contemplated suicide, which she has previously chronicled in her 2006 autobiography, Growing Pains.

Speaking about the #MeToo movement, Billie argued that agents are responsible too, because they subject their clients to abuse while knowing "full well what's going on".

"I find the abuse of power really upsetting, but if I'm honest, what I find really sickening is all the agents subjecting their clients to it, knowing full well what's going on," she told The Sunday Times.

"Like sanctioned pimping. But at the same time, it comes in many shapes and sizes. It's not just about [people in power] grabbing a tit, or saying, 'Show me your dick'.

The former Doctor Who star said she is "in a good place now", and confirmed her relationship with former Tribes frontman Johnny Lloyd, following her divorce from Laurence Fox, with whom she has two boys.

Billie also argued that social media has become a platform for overly sexual images of women, which she says doesn't feel much like feminism to her.

"I have my reservations [about the whole sisterhood thing on Instagram]," she said.

"Under the guise of being all supportive and there for each other, women can be very judgy and competitive, especially on social media.

"A lot of social media is about women looking really oversexed. That doesn't feel like feminism to me. Like, this whole thing of 'I'm liberated enough to bare my arse' doesn't remotely cut it with me."